Neo Nomadic Dreams
& Caffeine-Induced Reality

Reading List: 19.07.10

This comes way long overdue.  Still, I think these deserve some eyeballs.

• Been addicted to fishtail braids and had always wanted to make them on my own. I found a video tutorial from Refinery 29′s Hot Summer Hairstyles to Beat the Heat.  Will have to give it a go one of these days.
• I’ve never seen so many gorgeous men like the ones exiting the Dolce & Gabbana show!
• Dressing up for work has always been casual for me.  I try and dress it up with a jacket or some high heels whenever the need arises. Refinery29 definitely gave me more ideas and gives me more reason to upgrade my wardrobe.
• Tavi calls out on Seventeen Magazine.  She raised a very good point on how the magazine tries to discourage young girls from doing drugs by implying that they will look fat and, therefore, ugly.
• Don’t think I’d have survived moving to a new city without friends. Even though they’re new, you can kind of feel who would be the ones to stick around.  The New York Times talked about Friendship in an Age of Economics and Harvard Business Review tells us Why Friends Matter at Work and in Life
• I think I waited too long before catching Toy Story 3.  Now all the 3D shows are gone and I have yet to see it.  In any case, here’s Five Ways Pixar Makes Better Decisions.

Recursive Dreaming

A first or, to be more precise, perhaps the first I vividly remember.  Although you know how dreams operate, the more you try to remember the more it fades in memory.  It’s probably a lame kind of nightmare too — now that I think about it — but it sure made me feel horrible.  I mean, I go on a vacation and midway through that I realize I hadn’t really filed for leave and therefore, had all of my work unsupervised.  Don’t know if that makes me a sad, poor girl or what.  I think I’ve been daydreaming about going on vacation for days on end and the fact that I’ve been swamped with work — well put two and two together and that’s what you get.  Then again, it is Labor Day.

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She Says by VHS or Beta

OMG Please Indulge Me

I finally made it onto Ricebowl Journals‘ (RBJ) Consider Yourself Quoted list!  It’s one of those lists I’ve been eyeing for years now after being part of the community for, I believe, 6 years already.  I remember back in 2003 I was looking for interesting blogs to read and found myself going through RBJ’s blog directory.  I’ve found really awesome bloggers there whom I eventually became friends with and whom I still consider blogger rockstars in their own respects.

Anyway, I once made it into the quotable-but-not-quite-quotable section which I thought was supposed to get me the coveted “Q” beside my profile.  But – alas! – I only got to relive the glorious day through a screen capture, especially now that this section is already defunct.

Olé! (click to enlarge)

Ha! It’s quite awesome, really, to finally be able to make it into the list.  It’s all very random I suppose, on being quoted.  I’m sure there are hell of a lot of other people more worthy of being on the list but let’s not ruin this moment, mm-kay?

One thing I noticed though, I tend to talk about my feet a lot – burnt foot then, sore foot now.

Consider Yourself Quoted (click to see full list)

Some Facts
Quote No: 444
Date: June 4, 2009
Original Post: The Heels Are Alive